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D.C. Statehood Requires a Constitutional Amendment

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The OSHA Vaccine Mandate: Legal, Practical, and Economic Considerations

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Not So Sweeping After All: The Limits of the Necessary and Proper Clause David Engdahl

Jan 20, 2011 10 min read

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Commerce, Commerce, Everywhere: The Uses and Abuses of the Commerce Clause David F Forte

Jan 18, 2011 14 min read

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Enough Is Enough: Why General Welfare Limits Spending John C. Eastman

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Rebirth, Revival, or Requiem: The Return of the Forgotten Man Janice Rogers Brown

Jan 3, 2011 26 min read

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Support and Defend: Understanding the Oath of Office Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.

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The Constitution and Crime The Hon. Edwin Meese III

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Preserve, Protect and Defend Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Sep 14, 2010 2 min read

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Can Congress Punish People? Why the Constitution Prohibits Bills of Attainder The Heritage Foundation

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